invitress

English

Etymology

From inviter +‎ -ess.

Noun

invitress (plural invitresses)

1. (archaic) A woman who invites.
   • 1859, Edward Fitzball, Thirty-five Years of a Dramatic Author's Life, volume 1, page 44:

     I know not what he said to my fair invitresses, but certainly the invitation was no more repeated.